Applied Research in Consulting

Abstract During the past years, in the field of studying the psychological disturbance of people, in the face of unfavorable situations, attention has been paid to interventions such as time perspective techniques, which have five dimensions: the positive past, the negative past, the hedonistic present, the present, and fate. and includes the future, it is important to create psychological peace and personal adaptation. Considering this, the present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of time perspective therapy on the rumination of mothers of autistic children. This research was carried out in a semi-experimental design, and during a two-group randomized controlled trial (one experimental group and one control group), a three-stage research with measurement at the baseline, after the intervention (post-test) and in the follow-up phase. . Among the statistical population of mothers of autistic children, 30 people in the city of Isfahan were selected based on the criteria for entering the research and randomly selected to the experimental group (n = 15: under the vision therapy program during 8 group sessions once a week). and the control group (n=15: did not receive any intervention) were assigned. All participants completed Snyder Snyder's (1991) adult hope scale and Nolen Hoeksma and Marlowe's (1991) rumination scale in three baseline stages, after time perspective treatment and follow-up stage.

Abstract The present study was conducted with the aim of comparing attachment styles and belief in a just world between adolescent girls with self-injurious and normal behaviors. The statistical population of the research included teenage girls in the 2nd district of Tehran in 2018. The research samples included 200 people, 100 of whom had committed non-suicidal self-harm at least once, and 100 had no history of self-harm. Sampling was done in an available manner. To collect data, Klonsky and Glenn (2009) Self-Injurious Behaviors and Functions scale, Douglas and Sutton (2005), Dalbert, Liebkos, Sully, and Gooch (2001) and Colinzo Reed's attachment styles (1990) were used. . It was a causal-comparative research that used multivariate analysis of variance to analyze the data. The findings showed that there is a significant difference in closeness attachment style between teenage girls with self-harming and normal behaviors (p<0.001) and no significant difference was observed between attachment and anxiety styles. The average values ​​indicated that the closeness style was lower in adolescent girls with self-harming behaviors compared to the normal group. Also, among the dimensions of belief in a just world, only the component of beliefs in an unjust world showed a significant difference among teenage girls with self-harming and normal behaviors (p<0.001). that the average beliefs of the unjust world among teenage girls with self-harming behaviors were higher than the normal group.

Abstract The present study was conducted with the aim of qualitatively comparing the communication characteristics of the family of origin in divorced and non-divorced women. The statistical population of the research is made up of all the divorced women who referred to the health center in the 3rd district of Tehran, and at least 2 years had passed since their divorce, as well as all the non-divorced women of Tehran with at least 2 years of cohabitation with high marital satisfaction. They gave. Among the mentioned society, sampling was done in a targeted manner until saturation (15 divorced women and 15 non-divorced women). Then, using a semi-structured interview, data related to the sample were collected and after analyzing the content of the interviews and their final coding, three main indicators were extracted in each group: interpersonal patterns of couples with each other, interpersonal patterns Parent-child and children's interpersonal patterns with each other. The results show that the communication characteristics between the members of the family of origin in divorced women are ineffective and non-productive in comparison to non-divorced women, and it will have an impact on the way of communication and then the marital satisfaction of the children of these families; Therefore, paying special attention to the communication characteristics in the couples' families of origin in premarital counseling is one of the necessities of a healthy society.

Abstract The purpose of this research was to investigate the factor structure, reliability and validity of the academic skills questionnaire. The statistical population of the research was all 9th ​​grade students of Shahrekord city, among whom 320 were randomly selected. The tools used were the questionnaire of academic skills, academic enthusiasm and academic procrastination. The GPA of the students was also considered as an indicator of their academic performance. Data were analyzed using factor analysis and correlation tests. The results of confirmatory factor analysis showed that the hypothesized model is consistent with the data, and the academic skills questionnaire has six separate factors, which are reading and studying skills, note-taking skills, summarizing skills, concentration skills, planning skills, and exam-taking skills. Through Cronbach's alpha, internal consistency was between 0.50-0.66 for six subscales and 0.83 for the total score of the test. In order to check the validity of the convergent construct, the academic enthusiasm test and students' GPA were used. The correlation coefficient between academic skills test and academic enthusiasm was 0.55 and academic performance was 0.31, which were significant at the level of less than 0.001. In order to check the validity of the divergent construct, the academic procrastination test was used, and the results showed that the correlation between the two tests was -0.56 and it is significant at the level of less than 0.001. According to the results of this research, it can be said that the academic skills scale is a valid and suitable tool for measuring the academic skills of students.

Abstract The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of cognitive-behavioral game therapy on the social skills and adaptation of educable mentally disabled female students. The research method was semi-experimental and the research sample was among the mentally disabled students of Sarban School (Najaf Abad city). 22 people were selected and the desired sample people (22 people) were replaced in two groups of 11 people, test and control. First, the teachers were asked to complete a pre-test for the people of the sample group (Rather's Behavioral Disorder Questionnaire and the Questionnaire for Measuring Children's Weaknesses and Strengths) in order to determine social skills and adaptability for both experimental and control groups. After the test , an intervention program was implemented for the people of the experimental group during 10 sessions of 30 minutes in Sarban School (Najaf Abad). So that the people of the control group did not receive these trainings. After the end of the training sessions, both groups were re-evaluated using (the above tests) and their scores were considered as a post-test for data analysis in the descriptive statistics section of the mean and deviation. The criteria and in the inferential statistics section, according to the research design that has a pre-test, univariate covariance analysis was used. The results of the two main hypotheses are as follows: cognitive behavioral game therapy has an effect on the social skills and adaptability of mentally challenged students.

Abstract The present study was conducted with the aim of analyzing and reviewing the best-selling works of Iranian cinema with social and family issues in a systemic perspective on Iranian families in 1992-95. The present study was a qualitative one that was conducted using the content analysis method. The statistical population of this research is 10 best-selling movies every year between 1992-1995, which were selected and analyzed through targeted sampling of 6 of these movies. The method of collecting information was to write down the dialogues of the films, which was conceptualized and then sub-conceptualized. The findings of the research showed that the top-selling movies of the 90s showed the concept of triangle in a systemic perspective with the sub-concept of triangle incompetence, that in most of the triangles, women are present in one of the sides of the triangle. In the second place, fusion, and in the third place, the coalition, and then the breakdown, the process of generational transfer, misdirection, the position of power, respectively, are the concepts that movies instill in their audience.